Re: Duelmasters: What would you do with this guy?

From: johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)

Date: Mon, 25 May 1992 01:03:21 +0000

In article <1992May22.005503.16880@cco.caltech.edu>
thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer) writes:
>In article <1992May21.223115.11630@cco.caltech.edu>
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White) writes:
>>Whoa!  Easy there!  You didn't read everything I said!
>
>I read everything you said.
>
>You agreed emphatically with Scott's statement that he would retire this
>Basher, and made the ONE other suggestion that I try putting him in the
>Home Guard arena.  Interestingly, I hadn't stated which arena this Basher
>is PRESENTLY in because IT WASN'T RELEVANT TO THE QUESTION.

Excuse me.  I had thought that you were trying to run this warrior for
enjoyment purposes.  The Home Guard suggestion was the best that I could do,
since I don't really have any experience in the are that you seem to be
seeking.

>The question was "Given that you had to fight this guy in the arena, what
>would you try?"  I don't care which arena.  I'm looking for ideas to try
>on the turnsheet, not suggestions for where to stick it.

I'm sorry if I misunderstood you meaning of enjoyment, or if this answer
just wasn't good enough for you.

>The "strong words," by the way, weren't meant to be strong.  They are
>accurate, and there is not necessarily anything wrong with that -- most
>players are apparently more concerned with finding the best long-term
>(i.e. Primus) potenial warrior they can get than anything else, and
>that's a perfectly reasonable approach to the game.  I never said that it
>wasn't, but simply that it wasn't mine.  To me it is a little narrow, or
>"tunnel viewed," an approach: I enjoy exploring more different aspects of
>Duelmasters than that will allow.

As do I.  However, I find that I can have just as much fun with a warrior
who has good potential, than with a warrior who doesn't.

>From most of your points of view, your
>quick "retire him" or "try Home Guard" answers may have been reasonable.
>From mine, they are useless, as THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY QUESTION.

Sorry.  You said in your original post: "My question is, given this
guy at this point, what would you do or try with him?  (And please, no
"DA him" or "forget him" kind of suggestions; they are not helpful.)"  I
admit that my impulse is still to retire him, and I'm sorry if I took a
broad interpretation of the word "do."  I guess you mean strategy-wise;  I
didn't understand that.  I mean, you didn't say that.  But I apologise
anyway.

>> Did I make you think
>>that I felt I was wasting my time?  How?
>
>I posted a question.  You posted a response that didn't address the
>question at all.  That was a waste (to me, at least).

Again, your question was: "given this guy at this point, what would you
do or try with him?"
^^
I'm sorry if my answer didn' address you question, but you make it sound
like you felt like you were wasting your time, not that I though I was
wasting mine.

>Again, I don't mean to attack, just clarifying (if bluntly).

And I never meant to waste your time! :-)

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References

Re: Duelmasters: What would you do with this guy?
thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer)
Fri, 22 May 1992 00:55:03 +0000

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Re: Duelmasters: What would you do with this guy?
thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer)
Fri, 22 May 1992 00:55:03 +0000